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- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It
will often consider the giant risk but ignore the smaller risks that create friction in the supply chain," says M. Eric Johnson, director of the Center for Digital Strategies at Dartmouth College's Tuck... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- Web
Crucibles of Crisis Leadership - Course Catalog
more self-assured in the high waves and strong winds they confronted. Understanding precisely how these people did this is the overarching objective of the course. We will pay particular attention to the... View Details
- 2021
- Book
The Engaged Scholar: Expanding the Impact of Academic Research in Today’s World
By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Society and democracy are ever threatened by the fall of fact. Rigorous analysis of facts, the hard boundary between truth and opinion, and fidelity to reputable sources of factual information are all in alarming decline. A 2018 report published by the RAND Corporation... View Details
Hoffman, Andrew J. The Engaged Scholar: Expanding the Impact of Academic Research in Today’s World. Stanford University Press, 2021. (Winner of the 2022 Responsible Research in Business Management Award.)
- 08 May 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Organizational Design and Control across Multiple Markets: The Case of Franchising in the Convenience Store Industry
- 01 May 2017
- Blog Post
Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone at HBS
serve in that capacity really fills my heart. So to any of you who are nervous about applying to HBS, who suffer from doubts about whether you’re good enough...my advice is to just do it. Take the leap of... View Details
- 27 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
Beware the Lasting Impression of a 'Temporary' Selfie
that they will disappear quickly from the public eye after having been seen by the intended recipients or after a short period of time. Disappearing selfies are seemingly the ideal solution for people who... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Future of Foreign Aid
technocrats, I found plenty of talent and resolve to do things better. But the status quo has many allies, and the culture of management is inherently conservative. Liberia is making enormous progress, but... View Details
- 2015
- Working Paper
'Be Careless with That!' Availability of Product Upgrades Increases Cavalier Behavior Toward Possessions
By: Silvia Bellezza, Joshua M. Ackerman and Francesca Gino
Consumers are often faced with the opportunity to purchase a new, enhanced product (e.g., a new phone), even though the device they currently own is still fully functional. We propose that consumers act more recklessly with their current products and are less concerned... View Details
Keywords: Carelessness; Product Upgrade; Justification; Loss; Consumer Behavior; Attitudes; Product; Ownership
Bellezza, Silvia, Joshua M. Ackerman, and Francesca Gino. "'Be Careless with That!' Availability of Product Upgrades Increases Cavalier Behavior Toward Possessions." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-077, April 2015.
- 29 Oct 2014
The Real Students of HBS Webinar Series
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a student at HBS? Our new monthly series, "The Real Students of HBS," is designed to help you find out. Each month we'll focus on a different topic and feature a new panel View Details
- Forthcoming
- Article
Confronting the Limits of Symbolic Actions: How Entrepreneurs Narrow the Presentation-Performance Gap
By: Rebecca Karp and Siobhan O'Mahony
Entrepreneurs often skillfully leverage symbolic actions to manage impressions and gain acceptance for their innovations. Impression management can generate interest, but also heighten expectations beyond an innovation’s capabilities, creating a gap between... View Details
Keywords: Digital Innovation; Integration Strategy; Impression Management; Innovation Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Health Industry; Technology Industry
Karp, Rebecca, and Siobhan O'Mahony. "Confronting the Limits of Symbolic Actions: How Entrepreneurs Narrow the Presentation-Performance Gap." Organization Science (forthcoming). (Pre-published online April 15, 2025.)
- 13 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
Benefits of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program
challenge when building a team. I think that having an MS/MBA would help you reprioritize, balance resources between sales and engineering, and manage both of them simultaneously. I think a huge gap will be... View Details
- 04 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
Bringing the Lessons of 2020 into 2021
States. It was a year of painful yet important lessons that we will all take with us into 2021. What we have found at HBS, and in working closely with our partner organizations, is that through it all,... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- September–October 2017
- Article
Managing Our Hub Economy: Strategy, Ethics, and Network Competition in the Age of Digital Superpowers
By: Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani
A small number of digital superpowers—Alibaba, Amazon, Microsoft, and others—have become “hub firms” because they control access to billions of mobile customers coveted by all kinds of product and service providers. These hubs drive increasing returns to scale and... View Details
Iansiti, Marco, and Karim R. Lakhani. "Managing Our Hub Economy: Strategy, Ethics, and Network Competition in the Age of Digital Superpowers." Harvard Business Review 95, no. 5 (September–October 2017): 84–92.
- 19 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard
directors should ask the critical questions and debate whether it has sufficient visibility into the CEO's leadership style, interpersonal skills, and norm-setting/role-modeling behaviors. This debate will allow the board to assess its... View Details
- Article
Done but Not Published: The Dissertation Journeys of Roy J. Lewicki and J. Keith Murnighan
By: Shirli Kopelman, Anne L. Lytle, Cynthia S. Wang, Roy J. Lewicki, J. Keith Murnighan and Max Bazerman
This article explores the tumultuous path to publication that begins for many of us with trying to publish our dissertation. We invited Roy J. Lewicki and J. Keith Murnighan—the 2013 and 2015 recipients of the International Association for Conflict Management (IACM)... View Details
Keywords: Higher Education; Research; Personal Development and Career; Business Education; Education Industry; Publishing Industry
Kopelman, Shirli, Anne L. Lytle, Cynthia S. Wang, Roy J. Lewicki, J. Keith Murnighan, and Max Bazerman. "Done but Not Published: The Dissertation Journeys of Roy J. Lewicki and J. Keith Murnighan." Negotiation and Conflict Management Research 8, no. 4 (November 2015): 261–271.
- 28 Jan 2020
Information Session at the University of Chicago
Join us to learn more about our college programs including 2+2, Peek Weekend, and SVMP. You will have the opportunity to ask questions with a member of the MBA Admissions team. View Details
- 13 Nov 2019
Information Session at the University of Delaware
Join us to learn more about our college programs including 2+2, Peek Weekend, and SVMP. You will have the opportunity to ask questions with a member of the MBA Admissions team. View Details
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: The Business of Crowdsourcing
this a scam?' For us, the most important thing we've done is build trust with the community," said James DeJulio, co-founder and chief product officer of Tongal. "Our marketing strategy was to pay people as fast as we possibly could. If... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Jul 2021
- Op-Ed
For Entrepreneurs, the Benefits of Slowing Down
moment of candor, he confided to me, "I hope the new investors will let me slow down. We need to make sure we are building for scale and to do that, I need to be more deliberate in our growth." Like the... View Details
Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang